Filipino Habit That You Hate

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[King_Leebog]

this is a VERY VERY VERY interesting topic!!

1. The "Proud to be Pinoy!" crap these days - every-time we see a Filipino's success internationally almost 80% of the population say "I am so proud to be a Filipino!" the thing is, he/she did it not because he's/she's Filipino, he did it because he wanted to - that is his/her pasion, and most specially he did it not because he wanted to raise the Philippine flag and make you (yes you and that NEVER ever include me) proud of him/her.

Have you ever seen a Canadian saying "Oh My God! Justin Bieber is Canadian!! I am so proud to be a Canadian! " - though i understand that no-one is proud of him aside from his family

[King_Leebog]

since i cannot delete nor edit my previous post (which i posted accidentally) i have to double post.

this is a VERY VERY VERY interesting topic!!

1. The "Proud to be Pinoy!" crap these days - every-time we see a Filipino's success internationally almost 80% of the population say "I am so proud to be a Filipino!" the thing is, he/she did it not because he's/she's Filipino, he did it because he wanted to - that is his/her pasion, and most specially he did it not because he wanted to raise the Philippine flag and make you (yes you and that NEVER ever include me) proud of him/her.

 

Have you ever seen a Canadian saying "Oh My God! Justin Bieber is Canadian!! I am so proud to be a Canadian! " - though i understand that no-one is proud of him aside from his family?

 

2. " OK na yan! " - people always blame the government for their poverty and mishaps, yes the government failed us in some ways, but it is in our own hands on how we will make ourselves prosper and get a life that we want. Most Filipinos are poor not because they have to but because they want to! they always settle with " pwede na yan.. " or " ok na yan! ". most of them don't have any drive for excellence. that is a typical Filipino - Juan Tamad. No wonder Philippines use Juan De La Cruz as an official Filipino icon.

3. " Ay ang pogi/ganda! " - yeah, appreciating beauty is normal, good and reasonable. but making those God gifted people do things that they are not meant to do is so effin' wrong! with this " Ay ang pogi/ganda! " attitude of most FIlipinos, we are deteriorating any remaining value of what things are supposed to be.

 

take this as an example, (i am fond of football/soccer, i root for Arsenals..) these Younghusba** brothers are very very popular right? it's as if whenever you say football in Philippines, everybody will incorporate their names. but the thing is the "Chieffy" guy is also good - i can tell because i watch Barclays and i can see the "chieffy" guy's moves and style similar to most Barclays players.

 

going back to our eye candies, they were worshipped as football gods in the Philippines, but heck, they weren't even drafted to be in the main roster of Chelsea F.C. ask a Filipina this line " why do you suddenly watched football?" and expect a reply such as " ang gwapo kasi ni Phil!! aaaaaay! kinikilig ako! "

another example to make things fair, one of the top Television company in the Philippines is GM* 7. found in this network is a hot chick actress named Marian River*.. yeah admit it, she's a chick. but the question is who do we call actors? - answer is somebody who can act. then for this case, can this chick act? i believe it is a plain NO. she got the looks, she got the B's guys will die for (Boobs, Butt, Body, Beauty and No Brains - apparently, the last one is not a characteristic a guy will die for).

 

ask a Filipino manyak " why is she the main star of that drama series? " and probably the guy will answer " kasi sexy sya eh " - since when did the industry of arts incorporate drama with lust?

 

i don't know if she can dance, but since her asset is her physical looks, why don't we just put her in the modeling industry. i bet she'll look fantastic modeling for an earing - wearing ONLY the earing and nothing more.

 

4. The " Half Blood $hit " - Filipinos are everywhere. be it a poor or wealthy country as long as the country sells rice, Filipinos will be present. since some of our "kababayans" got lucky and migrated to other countries, their offspring were labeled as " Half Pinoy - Half XXXXXX ".

 

the thing with these half pinoys is that, whenever they failed getting a career from their countries of birth, they tend to race going to Philippines and shout proudly these words (and believe me, ALL of 'em told these lines)

" Como-esta keh-yo me-nga keb-be-be-yen koh?! Meh-hel koh ke-yong le-het! I am so proud to be here with you guys.... ( wait for it.... wait for it..... just a few seconds more.....) I AM SO PROUD TO BE A FILIPINO!

 

- and that my friend is the ultimate script told by every aspiring actors, singers and performers born in other countries but failed getting a career.

 

to relate with the topic, Filipinos got this mentality that if a person is Half Pinoy - Half Whatever, our subject will be able to do EVERYTHING and ANYTHING! for Christ's sake! i want to swear a lot everytime i see half-halves in my TV!

 

put it this way, the half pinoy half alien can't do a $hit but gets a God knows how long years contract to a TV network. which is backed up by Filipino fans with the mentality of my entry #1 and entry #3. and surprisingly, our Godlike individual will even get a movie contract, recording contract, dancing contract, modeling contract and a most probable marriage contract with Kris Aquino.

 

 

I got lots in my list but i think this post is so effin' long that i have to stop as of this moment. I'd love this thread to keep moving so i'll post here regularly my Filipino ugali observartions.

[ben&jerry's]

CRAB MENTALITY!! puro inggitan kc dito eh

[King_Leebog]

to continue with my observations, here's another set of Filipino's not really wanted traits.

 

(continuation of http://manilatonight...c=21890&st=1543)

 

5. " Never insult a Filipino! " - Filipinos love calling people names. We call Indians " Bumbay " or " 5-6 ", we call Arabs " Shawarma ", for the Chinese - " Chekwa " or " Instik " and call the Japanese as " Sakang ". Yes, Filipinos are fun loving, we laugh a lot and have good times a lot! But we fail to notice that we are degrading other people. Filipinos find it funny whenever they call other races names that collectively describe what they usually see to such individual.

 

But what happens when other countries make jokes about Filipinos? Yeah, Filipinos cry of harassment, demand for public apologies, threaten that they will tell UN such issues and they also want the guy who delivered the joke crucified. And in my mind, they will not stop bashing the joke-source unless a cash bag full of dollars is slammed in each and everyone's faces and every single Filipino becomes a green card holder.

 

6. " My life is a drama! huhuhu " - television as of these days is not child friendly. I grew up watching Sesame street, Batibot, Tom and Jerry, He-Man, Scooby Doo and Yogi Bear. But seeing today's television program listing is horrible! All things in Philippine media now are nothing but drama and telenovela. Worst is that parents - specially the Mothers, allow their children to watch stupid Philippine drama series that shows only the same, exact, identical, copied, cloned (yes, i really made them redundant), and worthless trash plots - the protagonist is poor, the antagonist is wealthy, the rich people bullies the poor guys, the poor guys wanted REVENGE since they feel that no one pities them, then they realize that they were the righteous ones and become rich and the antagonists turned poor, then the switcheroo happens, then they k*ll each other's clan and poof they became Koko Crunch!

 

Since all of Philippine TV stations show crap like those, the mindset of every Filipino would be " I can relate to what happened to her family.... that's the same feelings I want to express now! " Thus making more Filipinos ignorant and forget what is real and what is not. They fail to do what they have to because they are hoping that someday, someone will save them from the $hit they're in. The Filipino attitude toward this matter - the mindset of life is a fairy tale.

 

7. " Sucking Machine " - were you raised in a peaceful and beautiful Philippine province, and suddenly your parents decided that you should live in Metro Manila. After studying or working hard in Manila. you decided to pay a visit to your hometown. Here goes another Filipino "ugali", all of your provincial friends, kapitbahay and relatives expects you to bring them something - they'd really love cash! If you don't give 'em something, then they'll spread news that you've changed, you suddenly turned into a selfish mother-fu*ker, that you are now a "mayabang assh*le" and whatever bad things they can think of.

 

Variation of this instance would be the relatives of most OFWs. During the time of the OFW's struggle to secure a job abroad, his/her relatives don't give a $hit about him/her. But by the time he gets the spot, his aloof relatives will then be his bestfriends and will always stay beside the OFW's 1st degree family - all of 'em expecting to get some " balato " - which if not given to them will result into a family dispute.

 

As far as I know, an OFW ventures a foreign land to provide for his 1st degree family and not to act as Santa Claus for the whole clan.

 

8. " Oh mhy Ghadz, nakakatamad na here sa Bora! " - social climbers piss the hell out of me. First thing, Boracay should never be called as " Bora " because you will never see " Bora Island " on the Philippine map, another thing, when we were welcomed by the hotel attendants, they did not say " Good morning Sir! Welcome to Bora! " thus making Bora Island imaginary. Second, if you call Boracay as " Bora ", then I suppose that it is your first time going there, and you are just showing off to those who can't afford to go there. Third, how hard is it to say a three-letter word to make a proper noun complete? Fourth, we do not call Manila as " Mani ". Fifth, your parents sent you to school to learn how to properly read and write - don't frustrate them. Sixth, "BORA" - IT DOESN'T EXIST!!!!

 

Filipinos love status symbols and that includes inventing stupid names for anything. I think it was embedded to most Filipinos that to become respected, you need to have high-end stuff. In some cases that is needed, but do you think that we will be respected if we only go for show? Social climbers, they got iPhones - I have the nokia flashlight phone. Our difference, they send lots of SMS while I drain my phone battery making calls.

 

It's getting late, need to report for work tomorrow.. I'll continue my list the next time I log-in. Thanks again to this thread! Peace and God knows there is no Bora!!!!!

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[abcde54321]

Manyana habit

social climber

crab mentality attitude

 

although hindi naman lahat ng pinoy at pinay ganyan...mga 70% cguro..

[Narky Nark]

Crab mentality!! Sarap sabihan ng "ano ba problema mo?" worst attitude ever.

[StraightEdge]

yung ayaw magbigayan!

[Sashimi Boy]

I haven't posted for a long while. I've been a member since before 2005, (when the boards were still colored red) but I'm glad my name and password still work (yes virginia, consider me an old geezer!).

 

Anyway, to the topic at hand: I was looking around the hot topics when I noticed that some of the posts involved members bragging about having fun with MINORS (i.e. girls younger than 18). I found the posts revolting! While I am certainly no saint, I believe we should have limits to sexual freedom, especially if it involves girls who are still teenagers and can suffer profound psychological harm due to the exploitative/commercial nature of relationships here and their relative immaturity.

 

Posts with pedophilic content should be banned in these fora. Live and let live, yes, but not at the cost of harming a fellow human being. As an MTC member tanggap ko na matawag na manyak but how would you like being called a PEDOPHILE?!

[Sashimi Boy]

King_Leebog writes good s@%t! ^__^

[Mango Man]

this is a VERY VERY VERY interesting topic!!

1. The "Proud to be Pinoy!" crap these days - every-time we see a Filipino's success internationally almost 80% of the population say "I am so proud to be a Filipino!" the thing is, he/she did it not because he's/she's Filipino, he did it because he wanted to - that is his/her pasion, and most specially he did it not because he wanted to raise the Philippine flag and make you (yes you and that NEVER ever include me) proud of him/her.

Have you ever seen a Canadian saying "Oh My God! Justin Bieber is Canadian!! I am so proud to be a Canadian! " - though i understand that no-one is proud of him aside from his family

 

 

Korekt ka dyan!!

[King_Leebog]

hey people! another set of not so good Filipino characteristic and traits:

(continuation of http://manilatonight...c=21890&st=1545)

9. " The Lean and Mean Online Dictionary " - Filipinos hate reading. I can attest to that. How? Look for a No Jaywalking sign and count how many Filipinos will experience the "near death experience" of their lives, see for yourself dude! As the title say, Lean and Mean Online Dictionary, in most forum sites, most Filipinos laugh at those wrong spellings and wrong grammar construction of some fellow forum members. Worse is that they even bash the poor poster and call him/her names (this may be a variation of item #5 of my list).

 

 

In my point of view, I actually laugh at those who bash the poor guy (seriously, I enjoy reading their comments). These Lean and Mean Online Dictionaries (LMOD), didn't even think of the things that might have occurred on why the poor guy posted his comments in a possibly wrong grammar or spelling.

 

 

I guess these LMODs are the gods of the online world... so from now on, if you know there is a Filipino in a forum site, better check your grammar and spelling! spellcheck my butt!

 

 

 

10. " Ang Hari ng Kalsada " - even before I was born, they already called Jeepney drivers as " Hari ng Kalsada ". And since the only permanent thing in this planet is change, that term is also now used by all PUV drivers. Yes, these bastards own the road. It's theirs. It's their paradise. It's their battlefield. And for some, this is also the reason they die.

 

 

Filipino PUV drivers feel that they always have the right of way to almost all driveway in the archipelago. They hold a professional driving license - and they all feel that, since they got that title, they can drive like Michael Schumacher. These so-called professional drivers love cutting private vehicles and also their own kind (making them cannibals). They also love hitting on the brakes whenever the light goes green, and when it turns red, they'll press on the accelerator (great brains indeed!).

 

 

Another Hari ng Kalsada skill are the gutter moves, counter flow racing, and precision illegal parking. They also got this passive skill called "I hate anybody who overtakes at me". What I think is that, these idiots were bred by the same people who created that Hari ng Kalsada crap. Because of that title, these road idiots feel that they are the most prioritized at major Philippine roads - which I strongly disagree, given that whenever I don't drive, I commute.

 

 

And as of year 2010, the term Hari ng Kalsada adopted those cry babies on motorcycles.

 

 

11. " Nasa EDSA na ko. " - Filipinos are never punctual. Ask a friend whom you'll have to meet for lunch where he is, and he'll reply "nasa EDSA na ko pare. hintay ka lang ng konti." - the F man!!EDSA runs 23.8km and stretches from Pasay to Quezon City - encapsulating 6 metro manila cities!

 

 

Being late is part of the Filipino negative traits. It's like they love getting all the attention when they arrive even if they look like crap. The only event that you'll see Filipinos come ahead of time is when they know that at the (other) end of the line waiting will be Willie Revillame giving away 500 bucks for the first 50 people on queue.

 

 

12. " Poorty Animals " - go shawty, it's yo birthday! we gonna party like it's yo birthday! Filipinos celebrate almost any event that may or may not occur - birthday, wedding, baptismal, first communion, confirmation, anniversary, valentine's, (again) birthday of <insert name here>, graduation, being kicked-out of school, etc etc etc.

 

 

In relation to #11 - Filipinos love being the center of attention, they'll tend to have the best ever possible party that they could sponsor. Sounds nice if you are the competitive type of person. But the major problem is that, most Filipinos that hold street parties are the people under class C or D of the society. They hold parties even if they can't even afford to buy their child a new pair of shoes.

 

 

What amazes me is that, even if they're jobless, they can still push through on their parties! That leaves me asking myself - could it be that they got the "infinite money" wallet? It's not really my business to check on or bash their parties - because it's their day, not mine, so I have no right to stop them. But the thing I hated most is that these parties always have their VideOke set-up along the street with the Macho Manongs drinking non-stop and singing even if the speakers of the KaraOke is giving up. And they do this hell-ish stuff for several hours - if you're unlucky enough, they'll have an encore the following day or days.

 

 

Lastly about the Poorty Animal neighbors, they always leave the streets full of crap after their successful stupid event. And yes, the crap I am referring to includes those jologs frat boys or Macho Manongs that engaged into fights with their rival frats or among themselves - total idiots.

 

 

it's late again.. i'll be back with more of my list. haaaaay, i love philippines!! <3

p.s.

hey Sashimi Boy, thanks for appreciating my list. i actually list down things i notice everyday that involves filipino's negative attitude.

 

 

Mango Man, so are you "Proud to be Pinoy!!!" because of someone? haha!

[devilgodspeed]

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